Mottling
Examples
Basics
Mottling is the reverse of speckling and causes light freckles to appear over the ketucari's body. In your ketucari's genotype, mottling is denoted by the letters "nMtl" (heterozygous) or "MtlMtl" (homozygous). In its heterozygous form, mottling has a pass rate of 65%. Homozygous mottling has a 85% pass rate.Color and Shape
Mottling must be a lighter color of your chosen base, with a minor deviation in hue. It can also be a fully desaturated color of the base, as long as it is lighter. Mottling may be pure white.
These colors would be acceptable for this base color. They are either a lighter version of the base, or a lighter and desaturated version of the base. The last color on the right shows a minor deviation in hue, and is slightly more yellow than the base itself. Notice that this small change is not overbearing.
These colors would be unacceptable for mottling. They are either darker than the base coat or have too drastic a hue shift.
Here are the minimum and maximum sizes for mottling spots.
Range
Interaction with Other Markings
All markings can be layered under or over mottling. Mottling can be influenced by radiance. Mottling may not be restricted to one gene. Mottling may combine with Pangare to produce an effect called Sugar Pangare. Fading may be included in this interaction, but Mottling and Fading cannot create sugar pangare without pangare. Sugar pangare is effectively cloudy-edged Pangare with mottling mixed in. If this combination is used, whichever gene Pangare is combining with cannot display outside of Pangare's range. (So if you have all three genes and choose to use Sugar Pangare, the design can have Sugar Pangare + Mottling, Sugar Pangare + Fading, or just Sugar Pangare).
Accents
Mottling may have a subtle gradient like below: Mottling may have a textured effect.
When paired with white markings such as piebald and overo, mottling can blend in with the edges like on Yika's muzzle and flank: